Troubleshooting the Diagnostics Transducer block
Problem cause
Diagnostic
Transducer block
mode is in OOS and
does not change to
AUTO mode.
Block alarms are not
reported.
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Foundation Fieldbus RMA803 Remote Indicator User's Guide
Table 27: Diagnostics Transducer block
Things to check
Read
MODE_BLOCK.PERMITTED
Read MODE_BLOCK.
ACTUAL of Resource block.
Read FEATURE_SEL
Read LIM_NOTIFY
Recommended action
Add AUTO mode to
MODE_BLOCK.PERMITTED.
If necessary, Set
MODE_BLOCK.TARGET to
AUTO.
NOTE:
If the mode is set to OOS for
maintenance then do not change
the mode to AUTO.
Reports are not selected in
FEATURE_SEL. If features do
not include reports then the host
must poll for alarms.
Set LIM_NOTIFY to a value
higher than zero, but not higher
than MAX_NOTIFY.
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